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SCROPHULARIACEAE. 



VOL. III. 



Scrophularia neglecta Rydb. differs from S. marylandica in the pubescent leaves, the larger 

 corollas and larger capsules ; it occurs in the western part of our range. 



2. Scrophularia leporella Bicknell. Hare 

 Figwort. Fig. 3750. 



Scrophularia leporella Bicknell, Bull. Torr. Club 23 : 

 317. 1896. 



Stem puberulent below, viscid-glandular above, 

 sharply 4-angled with flat sides, 3-8 tall, simple, 

 or somewhat branched. Leaves short-petioled, 

 ovate to lanceolate, acuminate at the apex, mostly 

 narrowed at the base, but sometimes subcordate, 

 glabrous on both sides when mature, usually in- 

 cised-dentate, 2'-io' long; flowers 4"-5" long, in 

 elongated narrow thyrses ; bractlets mostly alter- 

 nate; calyx-lobes ovate, obtuse, or acute; corolla 

 contracted at the throat, green to purple and 

 shining without, dull within, the two lateral lobes 

 erect; lobes of the upper lip often narrowly 

 oblong; sterile stamen greenish yellow; capsule 

 ovoid-conic. 



In woods and along roadsides, Vermont to Minne- 

 sota, Virginia and Kansas. Ascends to 3500 ft. in 

 Virginia. May-July. 



3. Scrophularia occidentalis (Rydb.) Bicknell. Western Figwort. Fig. 3751. 



Scrophularia nodosa occidentalis Rydb. Contr. Nat. Herb. 



3: 517. 1896. 

 Scrophularia occidentalis Bicknell, Bull. Torr. Club 23: 



315. 1896. 



Similar to 5". leporella in habit, but with densely 

 glandular panicle-branches. Stem more or less glandu- 

 lar ; leaf-blades ovate to lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, 

 incised or incised-serrate, at least those of the lower 

 leaves hastately incised at the base; corolla 4"~5" long, 

 the upper lip much shorter than the tube; capsules 

 ovoid, 34"-4" long. 



In low grounds and thickets, South Dakota to Oklahoma, 

 Washington and California. June-Aug. 



8. CHELONE [Tourn.] L. Sp. PI. 6n. 1753. 



Perennial, mostly glabrous branched or simple herbs, 

 with opposite serrate petioled leaves, and large white 

 red or purple flowers, in terminal and axillary dense 

 spikes. Calyx 5-parted, bracted at the base, the seg- 

 ments ovate or lanceolate. Corolla irregular, the tube 

 elongated, enlarged above, the limb 2-lipped ; upper lip 

 concave, emarginate or entire, exterior in the bud ; 

 lower lip spreading, woolly within, 3-lobed, its lateral lobes sometimes longer than the middle 

 one. Stamens 5, included, 4 of them antheriferous, didynamous, the fifth sterile, smaller; 

 filaments slender, woolly; anthers woolly, cordate. Style filiform; stigma small, capitate. 

 Capsule ovoid, septicidally dehiscent. Seeds numerous, compressed, winged. [Greek, tor- 

 toise, the head of which the corolla resembles.] 



Three species, natives of eastern North America. Type species : Chelone glabra L. 



Corolla white to purplish ; bracts not ciliolate. 

 Corolla red or rose-purple ; bracts ciliolate. 



Leaves oblong or lanceolate. 



Leaves ovate, acuminate ; mountain plant. 



1. C. glabra. 



2. C. obliqua. 



3. C. Lyoni. 



